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Joan Allen

Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress / Voice Actress | * 08/20/1956 (67) | Rochelle, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
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Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, won the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for And a Nightingale Sang, and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in Burn This. In the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Allen received international recognition for a string of critically acclaimed performances. She is also a three-time Academy Award nominee, receiving Best Supporting Actress nominations for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and a Best Actress nomination for The Contender (2000). Allen's other film roles include Manhunter (1986), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986... ()
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Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989.She has received three Academy Award nominations; she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Nixon (1995) and The Crucible (1996), and for Best Actress for The Contender (2000).Her other films include The Ice Storm (1996), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to th ...

Nixon

R

1995 | 3.5/5 | 3h 12min
Drama, History
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Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time. ...

Room

R

2015 | 4.0/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Thriller
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A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. ...

The Crucible

PG-13

1996 | 3.3/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, History
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Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as ...

Death Race

R

2008 | 3.1/5 | 1h 45min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Joan Allen

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Theatre World Award 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 3x Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 2x Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Academy Award for Best Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress London Film Critics' Circle Award for Actress of the Year Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Movies with Joan Allen as Actress(42)

as Self (archive footage)2017 Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self / Nancy2016 Making “Room”
as Nancy Newsome2015 Room
as Darcy2014 A Good Marriage
as Narrator (voice)2014 Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power
as Pamela Landy2012 The Bourne Legacy
2011 Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
as Narrator2010 Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
as Georgia O'Keeffe2009 Georgia O'Keeffe
as Cate Wilson2009 Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Warden Hennessey2008 Death Race
as Pamela Landy2007 The Bourne Ultimatum
as herself2007 Trumbo
as Narrator (voice)2007 The Rape of Europa
as Carol2006 Bonneville
as Terry Ann Wolfmeyer2005 The Upside of Anger
as She2005 Yes
as Anne Hamilton2004 The Notebook
as Pamela Landy2004 The Bourne Supremacy
as Arlene2003 Off the Map
as herself2001 Inside 'Manhunter'
as Laine Hanson2000 The Contender
as Sinead Hamilton2000 When the Sky Falls
as Helen Harding1999 It's the Rage
as Betty Parker1998 Pleasantville
as Eve Archer1997 Face/Off
as Elena Hood1997 The Ice Storm
as Elizabeth Proctor1996 The Crucible
as Margaret Roberts1995 Mad Love
as Pat Nixon1995 Nixon
as Bonnie Waitzkin1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Caroline Whitney1993 Josh and S.A.M.
as Zenobia Zeeman Frome1993 Ethan Frome
as Sarah Brady1991 Without Warning: The James Brady Story
as Irene1989 In Country
as Vera1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
as Ann Deever1987 All My Sons
as Ellie1987 The Room Upstairs
as Reba McClane1986 Manhunter
as Maddy Nagle1986 Peggy Sue Got Married
as Mary Alice Mahoney1985 Compromising Positions
1978 A Wedding

TV Shows/Series with Joan Allen as Actress(16)

as Amanda Debusher2021 Lisey's Story
as Claire Warren2016 The Family
as Claire Lachay2012 Luck
as Margaret O'Neal2011 The Killing
as herself2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2005 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as herself2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as herself1997 The View
as Lydia (voice)1993 Frasier
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Iris Friedman1985 Evergreen
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
as herself??? Today
as Ellie??? Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Joan Allen as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2009 Georgia O'Keeffe

Full Name: Joan Allen
Born: Monday, 08/20 1956 (August) in Rochelle, Illinois (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 67 years + 243 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Educated at: Rochelle Township High School, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University
Spouses (current/former): Peter Friedman
Other names for Joan Allen (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Джоан Аллен"
Joan Allen frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (32x, Actor)
Bill Hader (21x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (18x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (17x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (17x, Actor)
Amy Poehler (14x, Actress)
Will Forte (14x, Actor)
Will Ferrell (11x, Actor)
Christopher Walken (11x, Actor)
Albert Brooks (11x, Actor)
Darrell Hammond (11x, Actor)
Waley Wang (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:784, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024